TFH Volume: 31 Issue: 67 Archives

Sibley Highlights Power10’s Security and AI Capabilities

October 13, 2021 Alex Woodie

As the vice president and global offering management for Cognitive Systems at IBM, Steve Sibley often gets the honor of delivering the keynote address at the annual POWERUp conference. During his keynote at last week’s show, Sibley used the time to delve into the latest Power10 processor and its extensive list of new features, including some designed specifically to boost AI and security.

“One of the real privileges I have as project manager for Power Systems to be able to take the key innovations our team is developing in Rochester and our different development labs around the world, and bring …
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End of Life Looms for PHP 7.3

October 13, 2021 Alex Woodie

Organizations that are running PHP version 7.3 have just over a month to upgrade to a newer version and avoid losing bug fixes and security fixes when 7.3 hits the end of life (EOL) on December 6. The good news is that PHP version 7.4 and 8.0 are stable and will be supported for some time. The not-so-good news is it appears a large number of IBM i shops are still running older releases of the PHP language.

According to an informal poll conducted by Seiden Group last month, about half of the IBM i shops that participated in a …
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Rewriting IBM i RPG Software Is Almost Always A Bad Idea

October 13, 2021 Roger Pence

There are perils and pitfalls in attempting to rewrite your IBM i-AS/400 RPG applications. While there are some cases where such an attempt may be a good idea, you need to consider the big rewrite option carefully from every angle. It is often the worst step you can take.

As you start to realize that your IBM i RPG software, at least in its current form, is nearing the end of its useful life, rewriting your RPG application is an obvious alternative. We implore you to give this option very serious consideration before you jump into it. Rewriting a large, …
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Four Hundred Monitor, October 13

October 13, 2021 Jenny Thomas

Next week is your last opportunity to attend the final RPG & DB2 Summit. The live online Summit features training on RPG, SQL, ILE, RDi, and ACS, to name just a few topics. IBM’s Steve Will, chief architect of the IBM i, kicks off the festivities today with a discussion on next gen apps for our favorite platform. Will’s opening session is open to the entire IBM i ecosystem, and you can find out more about how to listen in, and get more info on the Summit, in the “Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings” section below. We hope …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 41

October 13, 2021 Doug Bidwell

Big Blue has been on a High Impact/Pervasive PTF kick lately with the IBM i platform, hasn’t it? Between that and the ongoing security patches, you are all probably hopping out there. Unless you are one of the shops that doesn’t keep you IBM i system up to date, in which case we are, first, wondering why are you reading this sentence and, second, very glad that you are so we can remind you of what you already know. Mainly:

That.

You.

Should.

Keep.

IBM i,

Patches.

Up.

To.

Date.

Full stop.

Having said that, here is the rundown of …
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Sibley Highlights Power10’s Security and AI Capabilities

End of Life Looms for PHP 7.3

Rewriting IBM i RPG Software Is Almost Always A Bad Idea

Four Hundred Monitor, October 13

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 41

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